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INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ABOUT EX-PRESIDENT
arminfo
2007-10-31 13:47:00
ArmInfo. 'It is piteous that Levon Ter-Petrosyan tries to return to
politics full of anger,' Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told
journalists, Wednesday when commenting on statements and the intention
of the ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan to run for president. . ,
the president said. , he stressed. But I think the people remember
their living conditions in that period of time, > Robert Kocharyan
said. He mentioned that APNM came to power in the august of 1990. Then
Armenia was one of the most developed industrial republics in the USSR
and had rather developed agriculture. 'In 3-4 years Armenia became
one of the poorest countries in the world. Of course, the collapse
of the USSR would lead to definite loss. I estimate it 15-20% for
the first 2-3 years at best. Then the loss must have been recovered
through programs and investments like it happened in Baltic states,
in Belarus, and partially in the Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the industry in Armenia was simply ruined in a few years,'
the president said. 'Thus, APNM received the country in a normal state
and in 1998 transferred to me a country with destroyed economy that
the international organizations considered among the poorest in the
world,' Robert Kocharyan said.
'Now we must compare the situation in 1997 and now when the budget is
equal to the GDP of those years and even a little exceeds it. I think
only a person aware of economy must speak of it,' the president said.
arminfo
2007-10-31 13:47:00
ArmInfo. 'It is piteous that Levon Ter-Petrosyan tries to return to
politics full of anger,' Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told
journalists, Wednesday when commenting on statements and the intention
of the ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan to run for president. . ,
the president said. , he stressed. But I think the people remember
their living conditions in that period of time, > Robert Kocharyan
said. He mentioned that APNM came to power in the august of 1990. Then
Armenia was one of the most developed industrial republics in the USSR
and had rather developed agriculture. 'In 3-4 years Armenia became
one of the poorest countries in the world. Of course, the collapse
of the USSR would lead to definite loss. I estimate it 15-20% for
the first 2-3 years at best. Then the loss must have been recovered
through programs and investments like it happened in Baltic states,
in Belarus, and partially in the Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the industry in Armenia was simply ruined in a few years,'
the president said. 'Thus, APNM received the country in a normal state
and in 1998 transferred to me a country with destroyed economy that
the international organizations considered among the poorest in the
world,' Robert Kocharyan said.
'Now we must compare the situation in 1997 and now when the budget is
equal to the GDP of those years and even a little exceeds it. I think
only a person aware of economy must speak of it,' the president said.